There are 7 ways to get from Santa Marta to El Calafate by plane, bus or car
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Bus to Barranquilla, fly
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Take the bus from Santa Marta to Barranquilla
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Fly from Barranquilla (BAQ) to El Calafate (FTE)
Bus via Osorno
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Take the bus from Santa Marta to Bosconia
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Take the bus from Bosconia to Cali
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Take the bus from Cali to Santiago
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Take the bus from Santiago - Alameda Terminal to Osorno
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Take the bus from Osorno to El Bolsón
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Take the bus from El Bolsón to El Calafate
Bus
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Take the bus from Ciénaga to Cali
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Take the bus from Cali to Mendoza
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Take the bus from Mendoza to Santa Rosa
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Take the bus from Santa Rosa to Río Gallegos
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Take the bus from Río Gallegos to El Calafate
Bus #2
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Take the bus from Santa Marta to Cúcuta
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Take the bus from Cúcuta to Santiago
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Take the bus from Santiago to Osorno
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Take the bus from Osorno to El Bolsón
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Take the bus from El Bolsón to El Calafate
Bus #3
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Take the bus from Santa Marta to Barranquilla
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Take the bus from Barranquilla to Cali
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Take the bus from Cali to Santiago
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Take the bus from Santiago to Bariloche
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Take the bus from Bariloche - Terminal de Omnibus to El Calafate
Drive
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Drive from Santa Marta to El Calafate
Santa Marta (SMR) to El Calafate (FTE) flights
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Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Santa Marta to El Calafate is to fly which costs $220 - $700 and takes 13h 46m.
The fastest way to get from Santa Marta to El Calafate is to fly. Taking this option will cost $220 - $700 and takes 13h 46m.
No, there is no direct bus from Santa Marta to El Calafate. However, there are services departing from Santa Marta and arriving at El Calafate via Bosconia, Cali, Santiago - Alameda Terminal, Osorno and El Bolsón. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 6 days 7h.
The distance between Santa Marta and El Calafate is 6850 km. The road distance is 9649.6 km.
The best way to get from Santa Marta to El Calafate without a car is to bus via Osorno which takes 6 days 7h and costs .
It takes approximately 13h 46m to get from Santa Marta to El Calafate, including transfers.
Santa Marta to El Calafate bus services, operated by Berlinas, depart from Santa Marta station.
The best way to get from Santa Marta to El Calafate is to fly which takes 13h 46m and costs $220 - $700. Alternatively, you can bus via Osorno, which costs and takes 6 days 7h.
There is no direct flight from Santa Marta Airport to El Calafate Airport. The quickest flight takes 15h 17m and has two stopovers.
Santa Marta to El Calafate bus services, operated by Marga Taqsa, arrive at El Calafate station.
- Distance: 6849.9 km
- Duration: 13h 46m
What companies run services between Santa Marta, Colombia and El Calafate, Argentina?
LATAM Chile, Aerolíneas Argentinas and six other airlines fly from Santa Marta to El Calafate every 2 hours. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Santa Marta to El Calafate via Bosconia, Cali, Santiago - Alameda Terminal, Osorno, Osorno, and El Bolsón in around 6 days 7h.
- Website
- aerolineas.com.ar
Flights from Santa Marta to El Calafate via Medellin Jose Marie Cordova, Ezeiza
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 11m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $44000 - $140000
Flights from Santa Marta to El Calafate via Bogota, Ezeiza
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 38m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $50000 - $150000
Flights from Santa Marta to El Calafate via Bogota, Buenos Aires Jorge Newbery
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 26m
- When
- Thursday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $60000 - $190000
Flights from Barranquilla to El Calafate via Panama City, Ezeiza
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 58m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $75000 - $350000
Flights from Barranquilla to El Calafate via Bogota, Buenos Aires Jorge Newbery
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 14m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $70000 - $230000
Flights from Barranquilla to El Calafate via Bogota, Ezeiza
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $75000 - $190000
- Website
- jetsmart.com
Flights from Santa Marta to El Calafate via Panama City, Ezeiza
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 23m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $60000 - $290000
Flights from Santa Marta to El Calafate via Bogota, Ezeiza
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 35m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $44000 - $140000
Flights from Barranquilla to El Calafate via Bogota, Ezeiza
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 20m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $50000 - $170000
- Website
- flybondi.com
Flights from Santa Marta to El Calafate via Bogota, Ezeiza
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 12m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $60000 - $160000
Flights from Barranquilla to El Calafate via Bogota, Ezeiza
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 3m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $75000 - $190000
- Phone
- 01 8000 51 8001
- contactenos@expresobrasilia.com
- Website
- expresobrasilia.com
Bus from Santa Marta to Barranquilla
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $850 - $1600
- Schedules at
- expresobrasilia.com
Bus from Bosconia to Cali
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 50m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $4600 - $7000
- Schedules at
- expresobrasilia.com
Bus from Ciénaga to Cali
- Ave. Duration
- 23h
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $5000 - $7500
- Schedules at
- expresobrasilia.com
Bus from Barranquilla to Cali
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 10m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $4800 - $10000
- Schedules at
- expresobrasilia.com
- Phone
- +57 (7) 6448167 / 1 800 0912848
- servicioalcliente2@copetran.com.co
- Website
- copetran.com
Bus from Santa Marta to Barranquilla
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $1315
- Schedules at
- copetran.com
- Book at
- copetran.com
Bus from Santa Marta to Cúcuta
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $6575
- Schedules at
- copetran.com
- Book at
- copetran.com
- Phone
- +57 604 44448888
- Website
- rapidoochoa.com
Bus from Santa Marta to Barranquilla
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $750 - $1100
- Schedules at
- rapidoochoa.com
- Phone
- +57 318 3545454
- informacion@berlinasdelfonce.com
- Website
- berlinasdelfonce.com
Bus from Santa Marta to Bosconia
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 54m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $3700 - $4100
- Schedules at
- berlinasdelfonce.com
- Book at
- berlinasdelfonce.com
- Phone
- +57 (2) 641 0936 Colombia / +58 (424) 7017720 / (276) 415 78 01 Venezuela / (212) 762 94 06 Caracas
- reservascali@lineasdelosandes.com.co
- Website
- lineasdelosandes.com
Bus from Cali to Santiago
- Ave. Duration
- 3 days 12h
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $65000 - $120000
- Schedules at
- lineasdelosandes.com
Bus from Cali to Mendoza
- Ave. Duration
- 3 days 19h
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $70000 - $120000
- Schedules at
- lineasdelosandes.com
Bus from Cúcuta to Santiago
- Ave. Duration
- 4 days 5h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $75000 - $130000
- Schedules at
- lineasdelosandes.com
- Phone
- +56 22 822 7500
- atencion_clientes@turbus.cl
- Website
- new.turbus.cl
Bus from Santiago - Alameda Terminal to Osorno
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $7500 - $11000
- Schedules at
- new.turbus.cl
- Semi Cama
- $3500 - $7000
- Premium
- $7500 - $11000
- Cama
- $10000 - $15000
- Phone
- +56 67 223 2067
- info@transaustralbus.com
- Website
- transaustralbus.com
Bus from Osorno to El Bolsón
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 19m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- transaustralbus.com
- Phone
- 0800-3331188
- info@taqsa.com.ar
- Website
- taqsa.com.ar
Bus from El Bolsón to El Calafate
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $12000 - $41000
- Schedules at
- taqsa.com.ar
- Semi Bed
- $17000 - $27000
- Bed
- $12000 - $15000
Bus from Río Gallegos to El Calafate
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $3100 - $4900
- Schedules at
- taqsa.com.ar
- Semi Bed
- $3100 - $4900
- Bed
- $3200 - $3800
Bus from Bariloche - Terminal de Omnibus to El Calafate
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $13000 - $41000
- Schedules at
- taqsa.com.ar
- Semi Bed
- $18000 - $29000
- Bed
- $13000 - $16000
- Phone
- 0810 122 1122
- gestionesatc@andesmar.com.ar
- Website
- andesmar.com
Bus from Mendoza to Santa Rosa
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $5000 - $24000
- Website
- https://www.andesmar.com/en/
- Bed
- $6500 - $8500
- Semi bed
- $5000 - $7500
Bus from Santiago to Bariloche
- Ave. Duration
- 19h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $7500 - $13000
- Website
- https://www.andesmar.com/en/
- Bed
- $9500 - $13000
- Semi bed
- $7500 - $12000
- Website
- viatac.com.ar
Bus from Santa Rosa to Río Gallegos
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $15000 - $25000
- Schedules at
- viatac.com.ar
- Semi Bed
- $15000 - $22000
- Bed
- $18000 - $25000
- Phone
- +56 9 580 5380
- info@busesfierro.cl
- Website
- buses-fierro.cl
Bus from Santiago to Osorno
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 15m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $10292
- Website
- Buses Fierro
- Phone
- +56 600 600 0018
- clientes@pullmanbus.cl
- Website
- pullmanbus.cl
Bus from Santiago Borja to Osorno
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 50m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $3900 - $14000
- Website
- https://www.pullmanbus.cl/en/bus-tickets
- Semi Cama
- $3900 - $6000
- Salón Cama
- $5500 - $9000
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More Questions & Answers
El Calafate is 2h ahead of Santa Marta. It is currently 1:32 AM in Santa Marta and 3:32 AM in El Calafate.
Yes, the driving distance between Santa Marta to El Calafate is 9650 km. It takes approximately 5 days 6h to drive from Santa Marta to El Calafate.
LATAM Chile, Flybondi, AeroRepública and five other airlines offer flights from Santa Marta Airport to El Calafate Airport.
There are 83+ hotels available in El Calafate. Prices start at $20000 ARS per night.
The best way to get from Santa Marta to Santa Marta Airport is to taxi which takes 14 min and costs $10 - $12.